Matthew Maulding

After eight years with the same Gamertag, Redditor fifaproblems—AKA OxyCleannn—finally met his match while playing Black Ops III.

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England’s chief medical officer is warning that a new drug resistant strain of ‘super-gonorrhea’ could become untreatable due to doctors not prescribing the proper antibiotics to fight the STI.

The Guardian reports:

Dame Sally Davies has written to all GPs and pharmacies to ensure they are prescribing the correct drugs after the rise of a highly drug-resistant strain of the infection.

The warning comes after a national public health alert was triggered in September by an outbreak of highly drug-resistant gonorrhoea in the north of England.

“Gonorrhoea is at risk of becoming an untreatable disease due to the continuing emergence of antimicrobial resistance,” Davies writes.

“Gonorrhoea has rapidly acquired resistance to new antibiotics, leaving few alternatives to the current recommendations. It is therefore extremely important that suboptimal treatment does not occur.” The letter is also signed by the chief pharmaceutical officer, Dr Keith Ridge.

RELATED: Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea Arrives in North America

All 16 cases in the September outbreak of ‘Super-Gonorrhea’ in Leeds involved heterosexual partners. Ars Technica reports that after that outbreak, “health experts were concerned that some patients may not be getting both drugs”[azithromycin and ceftriaxone]” to treat gonorrhea and only receiving the azithromycin.

That fear was backed up by new research, as The Guardian points out:

Research published this year suggested that some GPs are prescribing antibiotics that no longer work for people with gonorrhoea, raising the chances that drug-resistant forms will spread.

The study led by PHE, published in the journal BMJ Open, found that many GPs were still giving their patients ciprofloxacin, even though it has not been recommended for treatment since 2005.

In 2007 ciprofloxacin was on 42% of prescriptions for gonorrhoea, and even as recently as 2011 it was still prescribed in one in five cases.

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It’s bad enough that a Massachusetts family’s Target-purchased Christmas console wound up being a piece of wood in a PlayStation 4 box, but did whoever swapped it out have to draw a dick and balls on it?

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It’s a harsh wasteland out there, fellow vault dwellers. Horrors can be found in every corner of the Commonwealth. Making it through Fallout 4 in one piece can be tough—especially at first. Thankfully, we’re here to help.

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Twitter is mean.

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Jetpack daredevils Yves Rossy and Vince Reffet recently partnered with Emirates Airlines for a stunt involving an Airbus A380, the world’s largest passenger plane, over Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah and skyline with Burj Khalifa in the background. It’s an airspace Rossy and Reffet visited earlier in 2015. Rossy has also jetpacked over the Grand Canyon.

Said Emirates COO Adel Al Redha of the stunt: “This display between man and machine celebrates the magic and beauty of flight, a feat which just over a hundred years ago would have seemed an impossible dream. It also showcases how far human vision and ambition has, and can continue to push aviation’s boundaries.”

Emirates related the technical aspects of the flight in a release:

During the formation flight, the Emirates A380 flew at a weight of just 350 tonnes (the maximum weight of an A380 is 575 tonnes). As the largest passenger aircraft in the world, wake turbulence was the most significant risk to Jetman during the flight.

To mitigate the risk, the duo’s formation positions were carefully selected to avoid the areas of wake turbulence and jet efflux from the Emirates A380. During the planning stages, Emirates ensured the Jetman duo had proper visual reference points of the A380 so that both Jetmen could safely join and hold their choreographed positions. The Jetman team’s reference points were confirmed with flight simulation along with using visual orientations using actual A380 aircraft at the Emirates Engineering Centre. These helped to confirm that the proposed formations would work seamlessly from the first flight.

A practice flight was done on 12 October 2015 to ensure that the formation positions worked, and the final formation flight and filming were conducted on 13 October 2015.

Watch the footage, which should thrill plane fanatics:

And here’s a behind-the-scenes video:

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Jimmy Kimmel terrorized children everywhere again this Halloween.

For the fifth year in a row, the late night funnyman asked parents to play the meanest prank possible on their kids–telling them they ate all their Halloween candy–and record their reactions for the world to see. This year saw a record number of submissions and, as usual, the kids went apoplectic. Several even passed out. But at least two kids were wise to Kimmel’s ways. Not believing that their parents had actually eaten all their candy and suspecting it was all a ploy of Kimmel’s doing, the kids said, “Sorry, Jimmy Kimmel. We’re not falling for it.”

Watch the hilarious video below:

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Casey Conway, a former National Rugby League (NRL) player for the Sydney Roosters, youth advocate, and fashion model, has come out as gay publicly in an interview with Australia’s Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). Conway tells the network that he was privately out to club officials during his time as a pro athlete, and came out to teammates after he left the Roosters.

But, he says, he was leading a “double life”, both hiding his sexual orientation from teammates and trying to navigate the club scene in Sydney, where he often found that his background as an indigenous Australian was an issue for some.

Says Conway: “I was out-and-about on the [gay] scene and meeting people. I was doing that undercover and it finally came to a point where I had to start accepting it. I wanted more than what I was having…There was a lot of casual racism. People would say things like, ‘You’re hot for an Aboriginal guy’ or ‘I’ve never been with a black guy’. I’d think, ‘You know that’s not a compliment?’.”

RELATED: USA Rugby and Int’l Gay Rugby Sign Agreement to Rid the Sport of Homophobia

Conway, who was for a while the face of Aussiebum and is now the face of Sluggers, a swimwear brand, works as a youth development coordinator for a small non-profit in Queensland and says he sees the trouble LGBT youth face and wants to use his public profile as a platform:

“There are young people out there hearing comments like that and they’re questioning themselves. I know what it was like to be in the country and think, ‘Oh sh-t, I think I’m gay’. At that time there wasn’t really a big push in the media for equality. I’ve worked with kids who are homeless because they’ve been kicked out of home when they came out [as gay]. They’re suffering not only because they don’t have a home, but because of their mental health and a raft of other issues.”

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America’s Next Top Model contestant Nyle DiMarco turned heads when he first appeared on the 22nd cycle of the show but ultimately cemented his fan favorite status with the LGBT community when DiMarco revealed on Twitter today that he is sexually fluid.

(top photo via Instagram)

@kike_garces fluid http://t.co/aWpyNKByXd

— Nyle DiMarco (@NyleDiMarco) September 25, 2015

DiMarco revealed his sexuality in response to a question a fan tweeted him asking if he was into men or women. DiMarco simply replied “fluid” while linking to an Everyday Feminism article on fluid sexuality. DiMarco also has a fraternal twin and both apparently won the genetic lottery in looks.

If you haven’t had the opportunity to get acquainted with the handsome, altruistic Dimarco yet, you can watch his audition tape for ANTM, below:

And check out more of his hot Instagram posts:

FLASHBACK: ‘America’s Next Top Model’ Adds Male Models

(h/t out)

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Far Cry Primal is now official—it’s set in the prehistoric era and will feature woolly mammoths and sabre-toothed tigers, as we reported yesterday . It’ll be out on February 23, 2016 for Xbox One and PS4, with a PC version to follow.

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A gay Disneyland fan who attended the park during it’s unofficial Gay Days event found himself accosted by a park employee, who ran up to him shortly after he entered the park and asked if he was wearing shorts under a long jersey reports Advocate.com

QX Magazine writer Anthony Gilét was planning to wear a red t-shirt, which gays and lesbians use to identify themselves during Gay Days, but opted for an oversized red and white jersey instead that covered his shorts giving the illusion he wasn’t wearing pants.

Within minutes of entering the park, a park employee approached Gilét and questioned him if he was wearing anything underneath his jersey:

“Within a few minutes of being inside the park, a member of staff chased us down, before asking ‘do you have anything on under that top?’ So I told her yes, and showed her the shorts I had on underneath. To which she replied, ‘OK… Because it gives the impression that you have nothing on underneath. Do you have a change of outfit? Because if not, security may remove you from the park.’ Really? Why?

Gilét had brought a spare pair of long shorts in a bag and changed to avoid being kicked out of the park. However, Gilét took to his website cocktailsandcocktalk.com to explain and analyze the incident:

“After checking Disney’s dress code it doesn’t mention anything related to what I was wearing on normal days, although under the heading ‘Gay Days’ however, it says no “club wear.” Yes, I’ve seen plenty of girls wearing oversized jerseys as a dress in the club, but I’ve also seen them doing it on road, too. But as it only said this under the ‘Gay Days’ heading, I wonder was it simply an issue of a gender; a boy wearing this is not permitted, but a girl could because it’s more socially acceptable for them to wear a dress.”

Religious wingnuts like Janet Porter and One Million Mom’s have criticized the park’s Gay Days and its gay attendees in the past for ‘inappropriateness,’ with Porter particularly warning families of ‘public displays of perversion,’ and ‘men dressed in women’s clothing,’ while One Million Mom’s has decried the unofficial yearly event stating that ‘gay men, bisexuals and transvestites desensitize children.’

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As far as viral videos go, certain formulas are undeniable. For instance, hot man + adorable dog = gold. Now, should that man happen to be Italian and should that adorable dog be begging for forgiveness for being naughty by trying to cuddle with said hot Italian, the end result = highlight of your day.

On his Facebook page, Anthony Federica Granai posted a too-cute video of his dog Ettore trying to make up with him for misbehaving. (He didn’t mean it, Anthony!…Whatever that “it” happens to be in this case). The video has garnered over 270,000 likes and 1.1 million shares.

In it, Anthony first tries explaining to his pup why he’s upset.

And Ettore totally gets it. He’s really sorry. So he decides to apologize with his cuteness.

You can almost hear Anthony thinking, “Be strong. Don’t give in to the cuteness.”

But dad can take the cuteness no longer and must relent. He says, “OK. We make peace” in Italian.

You can’t stay mad at something that cute.

Watch below:

[h/t The Dodo]

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GTA Online is getting some new public activities—they’re called Freemode Events, and our friends at Kotaku UK say they’re rad. Go read Kotaku UK’s impressions for more info.

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Well hello there, rugged Ryu. Did you lose your razor blade? I don’t mind.

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The creatures of GTA V all lead secret lives that we often never get to see while playing. They hunt. They eat. They try to survive.

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Just when you thought you were done killing zombies, they give you...DUNE BUGGIES!!

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World champion power lifter and world record holder Matt Korczaleski astonished and shocked fans after announcing that he is transgender and now goes by the name Janae Marie Kroc reports outsports.com.

Known for creating the “Kroc row” back workout, Kroc identifies herself as “transgender/genderfluid alpha male/girly girl lesbian in a male body,” on her Instagram page. There she has posted photos of herself post transition, including facial reconstructive surgery she underwent in 2014. Kroc openly spoke about her transition with website Gymflow 100:

“Being a total alpha male and transgender definitely makes me unique even in the transgender community … Gender identity and personality tests that I have taken in an effort to figure myself out always indicate that I am both hyper-masculine and hyper-feminine. Exactly what I need to do to be at peace with myself is something I am still not 100 percent certain of. Transitioning is a very difficult process and even tougher at an older age (42) … And living as a transgender woman that is honest about her situation is very difficult and can be dangerous. I am a very realistic person and I don’t think the transitioning will magically solve all of my issues without creating new challenges. Whatever path I choose there will be sacrifices to be made.”

Although Kroc has discontinued posting from her male Twitter account @MattKroc, Kroc posted her first tweet in a year today on her male Twitter account addressing the rumors and gossip surround her transition.

There has obviously been a great deal of gossip, rumors and questions about me the past few days. To… https://t.co/7TJkNsxtIh

— Matthew Kroczaleski (@MattKroc) July 28, 2015

Congratulations, Janae!

(Photo via Instagram)

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I don’t want to spoil things for you, but the epic battle at Hardhome, easily the highlight of Game of Thrones’ fifth season, wasn’t filmed using real zombies. Here’s how the scenes were actually shot.

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Magic Mike XXL star Channing Tatum recently had an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Reddit, getting up close and personal with his fans. The questions ranged from innocuous (Q: What’s your favorite ice cream flavor? A: Cookie dough) to raunchy (there was a lot of talk about ‘Danny DeVito sex’). Below check out some of our favorite questions and answers that prove just how magical this AMA truly was.

1. “Do you ever get lost looking into Matt Bomer’s eyes?”

absof*ckinglutely. no matter if you’re a man, woman, cat, hamster, you will get lost in matt bomer’s eyes. I don’t know what they are made of outside of dreams and rainbows and amazingness but it truly doesn’t matter. And when he sings. It’s like god gave with both hands and then grew a third hand and graced him with more. he’s crazy talented.

2. “Does your penis have a nickname?”

Gilbert.

Of course it’s named Gilbert.

3. “Do you do full frontal in magic mike xxl? asking for a friend”

haha “for a friend” I do not do full frontal but i can promise you when you’re standing in front of a bunch of people in a very small thong it doesn’t leave a lot to the imagination. Your “friend” should be happy.

4. “How would you survive a zombie apocalypse?”

Oh man. Crossbow, straight up, and I’d want an army of ninja chimpanzees that crush people all around me.

Or I would just go to Sandra Bullock’s house as I’m sure she has all that stuff because she’s dope and kick-ass.

Classic answer.

5. “Kill one, Marry one, and F*ck one…Ray Romano, Danny Devito, and Gilbert Gottfried?”

I’d f*ck Danny Devito, as I was saying earlier it could be fun. I’d marry Ray Romano, because I think he has a pretty solid perspective on marriage. I don’t know who would be the male or female, you figure it out. And I like Gilbert Gottfried but I wouldn’t mind killing him.

6. “Hi changing [sic], my question is do you have a favourite Disney character?”

I like the broom from Fantasia.

He is so specific.

7. “Jupiter Ascending? What was that?”

Great question. I have the same one to myself.

He’s so honest.

8. “Would you rather fight a Danny Devito sized John Stamos or a John Stamos sized Danny Devito? You’re both naked.”

Can i just fight a Danny devito sized Danny Devito because I think I could take him and I would be on top or I could just use him as a spinner as I’m assuming we’re going to have sex after we fight if we’re naked.

Wait. What?

9. “If I got to meet you can I grab your ass and touch your abs?”

You’d have to ask my wife. I’m fine with you grabbing my ass. But you’d have to ask her and it depends on her mood. And you can touch my ab, I only have one right now. If you’re into that kind of thing. I’m all for it. Click here to touch my ab. http://omaze.com/magic

Dear Jenna, please please please let us touch your husband.

10. “Tanning Chainum [sic], how can I convince my gf to have a threesome?”

We had a lot of fun Channing. Let’s do this again sometime. 

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Jurassic World is delighting audiences, smashing box office records, and making people excited about dinosaurs again. But did you notice the movie is also sort of terrible? If the new installment of Jurassic Park left you with questions, our patented Spoiler FAQ has the answers you didn’t even know you needed!

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